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Kuwait to execute eight murder convicts in Central Prison today

The list of convicts includes seven Kuwaiti nationals, one of them a woman, along with an Egyptian and an individual from the ‘Bedoon’ community.

The executions of eight convicts will be carried out inside the central prison after the competent authorities have completed all necessary procedures related to the convicts, exhausted all levels of litigation, and ratified the final implementation of the sentences.

A security source has disclosed that Kuwaits Central Prison is scheduled to execute death sentences today for eight individuals convicted of murder and other crimes.

According to the source, as reported by Al Rai newspaper, the list of convicts includes seven Kuwaiti nationals—one of whom is a woman—an Egyptian, and an individual from the Bedoon community.

The executions are in accordance with final and irrevocable judicial rulings, following the exhaustion of the three levels of litigation provided by law—through the criminal, appeal, and cassation courts—and the subsequent ratification of the rulings.

Additionally, the source stated that the executions will be carried out inside the central prison after the competent authorities have completed all necessary procedures related to the convicts, exhausted all levels of litigation, and ratified the final implementation of the sentences.

The Ministry of Interior, in coordination with the Departments of Correctional Institutions, Criminal Evidence, the Criminal Execution Prosecution, and relevant judicial authorities, has made the necessary preparations to execute the death sentences. Specialized doctors from the Ministry of Health will oversee the process until death is confirmed. The executions will mark the first carried out in 2025.

Kuwaits Central Prison previously executed death sentences by hanging on September 5, 2024, following an earlier execution of seven individuals convicted of murder in November 2022.



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